Maori healers' views on wellbeing: The importance of mind, body, spirit, family and land

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1756-1764

  Mark, Glenis Tabetha ^a   Lyons, Antonia C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aotearoa New Zealand; Holistic; Indigenous; M ori healing; Mind, body, spirit; Spirituality; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPIRITUAL HEALING; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION GROUPS; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77952549530     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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